Dixon/Solano RCD
Water Quality Coalition
Click on the links (buttons) below to direct you to online events either live or recorded. Not all of the events are hosted by the Dixon/Solano RCD Water Quality Coalition so some links will take you away from our Irrigated Lands webpage.
Members are required to keep track of the education events that they "attend." For your convenience, we created a member education log you can download or print to record the education activities you attend. Do not send this log to the Coalition. Click here for the Education Log
Other ways to keep track of your education:
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Print flyers or agendas
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Print screens of the event
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Create an Excel spreadsheet
Dixon/Solano RCD
Water Quality Coalition
All-Member's Annual Meeting 2022
Meeting took place: October 27, 2022
Video duration: Approx. 60 minutes
Watching the video counts towards members' annual education requirements.
*INMP CEUs were given only on the day of the event
Solano Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Town Hall
When: Thursday, June 1, 2023
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location : Virtual Meeting
Cover Crop and Soil Health Website Resources
North Coast Soil Hub - A soil health website coordinated by the North Coast RCDs
California Cover Crops Resource - A cover crop website sponsored by UCANR-University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources-Includes:
And much more!
Western Cover Crop Council - A Cover crop website coordinated by experts in AZ, CA and NV. Sarah Light from Yuba-Sutter UCCE is part of the committee.
Groundwater Workshop
When: Took place on January 24, 2023
Hear about the latest in groundwater related topics such as groundwater quality, SGMA update, groundwater recharge, nitrogen and irrigation management, well decommissioning, wellhead protection, and conservation/ financial programs available to growers.
An overview of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP)
and the Sacramento Valley Water Quality Coalition (SVWQC).
Dixon/Solano RCD Water Quality Coalition is one of 12
sub-watersheds that make up the SVWQC.
(Duration of videos are 16-18 minutes.)
CDFA-California Department of Food and Agriculture
For CEUs - continuing education units - for growers who have completed the INMP self-certification program and want to maintain their certification, click on the button below to visit the CDFA website to find a course.
All of the courses on their website qualify and meet the education requirement for the Irrigated Lands Program, as well.
Their courses are open to anyone. You do not have to be INMP self-certified to take one of the courses. The post-quiz is only required if you want CEUs.
Regenerative Agriculture
Full Belly Farm in Capay Valley-No till farming
Sponsor: Chico State
Owner, Paul Muller talks about his CIG-Conservation Innovation Grant project. https://www.csuchico.edu/regenerativeagriculture/demos/paul-muller.shtml
Some of the topics for the self-study courses and live webinars* are:
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Irrigation Management
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Nitrogen Management
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Crop Nutrients
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Soil Health
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Crop ET Tutorials
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Plants Stress
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Tree Health
*Registration may be required for the live webinars
(CURES was the previous administrator of this program.)
Sacramento Valley Orchard Source
Events, blogs, articles, ET reports, pest reports and more!
Sponsor: UCNAR
Resource for orchard growers in the Sac Valley
On-Farm Recharge Webinar: Pecans & Other Nuts
Sponsor: UCCE, UC Davis and others
CURES: Coalition for Urban Rural Environmental Stewardship
Best Management Practices (BMP) Videos
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Interference Perimeter Spraying
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Orchard Spray Drift
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Buffer Zones
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Vegetated Waterways
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Irrigation Tailwater Return
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PAM
Soil Health Connection
University of California Cooperative Extension and the Colusa County Resource Conservation District announce the launch of the Soil Health Connection, an informative outreach YouTube channel. The channel hosts virtual discussions and interviews with leading soil science researchers and farmers with the intention of shedding light on the importance of soil health in California’s agricultural systems.
HOSTED BY: Liz Harper, Colusa County RCD executive director and Sarah Light, UCCE agronomy advisor